Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Craigie, William A. (William Alexander), Sir, 1867-1957 · London : H. Milford ; New York : Oxford University Press · leaf 342
the south. He did not notice that the snowy carpetseemed to sink as it were into the earth, and that here andthere a little grass-green patch appeared, and that all thesepatches were crowded with Sparrows, which cried, Kee-wit ! kee-wit ! Is spring coming now ? Spring ! The cry resounded over field… … the air. On the back of each sat a pretty Httle child—one was a girl and the other a boy. They greeted the THE STORY OF THE YEAR 333 earth with a kiss, and wherever they set their feet, whiteflowers grew up from beneath the snow. Then they wenthand in hand to the old ice man, Winter, clung to…
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